After seeing Zhang Xiaohua into the courtyard, Zou Shuming and Bai Huan both left. The courtyard was filled with Herb Department disciples heading for You Lan Grand Canyon.
Zhang Xiaohua had arrived late, so he stood at the very back and released his divine sense for a rough look around.
He had only been at Tianmu Peak for a little over a month. Since the gambling matches, he had stayed atop Tianmu Peak, and most of the people present were strangers to him, though their faces seemed familiar. Faintly, the crowd had formed four small circles. Looking over, Zhang Xiaohua saw that the centers of three of them were none other than three people he knew.
Those three were, astonishingly, three of the Six Great Arhats: Third Brother Qian Zibi, Fourth Brother Si Huinan, and Sixth Brother Liu Quan.
The disciples in those three circles clustered around the three men, clearly following their lead. The final circle also seemed to have a somewhat burly disciple standing at its center, but Zhang Xiaohua did not recognize him. He was presumably someone with considerable martial strength.
Just then, Chen Fengxiao said, "Today is a day worthy of pride for the Herb Department disciples of Tianmu Peak. Today, ninety-six disciples of the proper age from our Tianmu Peak Herb Department have passed Hall Master's strict review and careful selection. You are about to enter You Lan Grand Canyon, undergo the tempering of 'You Lan Mu Lian,' and become true Herb Department disciples! Our Pill-Refining Hall will gain another solid force tested by blood and fire. I am proud of you; the disciples of Tianmu Peak are proud of you as well. You are Tianmu Peak's hope for the future... 'You Lan Mu Lian' is a grand school and a great furnace for tempering